The Observatoire Place Ville Marie will welcome your group with the highest care and respect for the allotted time. Enjoy a priority access. Ask our advisors to customize you a package by adding a bistro experience with the restaurant Les Enfants Terribles. Other options are available, such as aperitif or brunch on the weekends.

SENIOR GROUPS

The visit of the Observatoire Place Ville Marie is an activity stained with history and nostalgia, inviting you to rediscover Montréal from yesterday to today.

FRANCIZATION GROUPS

The visit of the Observatoire Place Ville Marie is an ideal complementary activity to familiarize yourself with your new city of residence. You will also discover the crucial part of the many immigration waves in the history of Montreal.

Go for a guided tour of the Observatoire Place Ville Marie. Upon arrival, at the box office, your group will be greeted and attended for by one of our agents. Your guided tour will last about 60 minutes of architectural, cultural, historical, urban planning facts and amusing anecdotes about the city of Montreal.

For your next school trip, offer an interactive and participative activity to your students in connection with the ministry’s education program. Our educational guide and answer book are available for primary schools. Sheltered from the elements, your students will appreciate discovering Montreal at another angle, from the most iconic tower in the business district.

The Orbservatoire Place Ville Marie is located close to many other Montreal attractions. You may, for instance, continue your exploration of the city of Montreal by discovering the underground city.

Go for a guided tour of the Observatoire Place Ville Marie. Upon arrival, at the box office, your group will be greeted and attended for by one of our agents. Your guided tour will last about 60 minutes of architectural, cultural, historical and urban planning facts and amusing anecdotes about the city of Montreal.

Go for a guided tour of the Observatoire Place Ville Marie. Upon arrival, at the box office, your group will be greeted and attended for by one of our agents. Take part in an overview, dotted with anecdotes and various facts, led by our guide who will peel, for you, the various observable panoramas from the top of the observatory. The participants will be able to locate in the city the places they have already visited or heard about and have a global overview of Montreal from its culminating point.

Adaptable to its audience the visit can vary between 45 and 60 minutes, touches the architecture, culture, history and urbanism of the metropolis and ends with the commented tour of the photo exhibition Odyssey. Finally, leave with a souvenir of your experience in the form of a postcard illustrating the striking view offered by the Observatoire Place Ville Marie.

Guided tours are available from Monday to Wednesday in the morning from 10:00 to 13:00. For other periods, please let us know what you wish for the day and time to start your tour. We will do our best to accommodate you.

For groups wishing to enhance and complete their experience at the Observatoire Place Ville Marie, it is also possible to combine your visit to the Observatory with a gourmet break or an enjoyable tasting at the restaurant Les Enfants Terribles, THE highest restaurant in Montreal! Les Enfants Terribles offers an audacious and reinvented local cuisine while keeping the city’s traditions close to heart. On the menu: delicious and comforting creations allowing customers to feel right at home.

The Place Ville Marie Observatory has teamed up with several other key attractions in the downtown and Old Port of Montreal to offer groups a variety of cultural, educational and fun activity packages. Save time and money by choosing one of our group packages and take advantage of it to maximize your city day experience.

OBSERVATORY & GRÉVIN MUSEUM

The Montreal Grévin Museum is a great place to introduce your students to important historical figures and key personalities from local and international current events. Prepare and make your visit more fun with our teaching and activity guides. (Available for all groups)

This unique indoor skating rink invites you to lace up your skates and glide to the lively beat of music year-round. With the sun rays shining through the immense glass dome above, the Atrium Le 1000 stands out; it is and located on the main floor of Montreal’s and the Quebec’s province tallest building. (Available for scholar groups only)

Refine your calendar with an unforgettable cruise on the St. Lawrence River! From a disco to an educational cruise, your students will certainly appreciate their visit aboard the AML Cavalier Maxim. Animated by our costumed guides, kids will discover the world of the Saint Lawrence River through workshops about the river, the navigation and the explorer’s life. Little sailors will also learn more about the fauna and flora of the Saint Lawrence river. (Available for scholar groups only)

A fun-filled tour full of discovery! The Observatoire Place Ville Marie and Guidatour join efforts in order to offer students fascinating guided tours so they can learn about more about their town, its founders, and the pioneers who made Montreal what it is today. (Available for all groups)

The McCord Museum is the museum of all Montrealers, a social history museum that celebrates life in Montreal, both past and present – our history, our people, our communities. It produces exciting exhibitions, it also offers educational and cultural activities as well as innovative projects on the internet. Whether it is with friends, colleagues or students, each group will find a varied choice of guided tours.